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Excerpts from a roundtable interview with Theo James of "Divergent" and Richard Crouse.
The new young adult movie Divergent declares, "The future belongs to those who know where they belong."
In the film a Big Brother style government has divided the post-apocalyptic Chicago into five factions: the altruistic Abnegation sect, the peace loving Amity, the "I cannot tell a lie" Candor group, the militaristic arm Dauntless and the smarty-pants Erudites.
In the middle of this muddle is Four, played by Theo James, a Dauntless warrior with a sensitive side. He's a mentor of sorts and love interest to Tris (Shailene Woodley), a sixteen year old who has recently pledged to Dauntless. During her grueling training Four helps her disguise the fact that she is "divergent," a person who cannot be pigeonholed into just one designation.
James, the English-born star, beat out half of young Hollywood for the role, which was made popular in the wildly successful Divergent series of books. Sales of over five million copies puts the novels into Hunger Games territory, but why are they so popular with teens?
Excerpts from a roundtable interview with Theo James of "Divergent" and Richard Crouse.
The new young adult movie Divergent declares, "The future belongs to those who know where they belong."
In the film a Big Brother style government has divided the post-apocalyptic Chicago into five factions: the altruistic Abnegation sect, the peace loving Amity, the "I cannot tell a lie" Candor group, the militaristic arm Dauntless and the smarty-pants Erudites.
In the middle of this muddle is Four, played by Theo James, a Dauntless warrior with a sensitive side. He's a mentor of sorts and love interest to Tris (Shailene Woodley), a sixteen year old who has recently pledged to Dauntless. During her grueling training Four helps her disguise the fact that she is "divergent," a person who cannot be pigeonholed into just one designation.
James, the English-born star, beat out half of young Hollywood for the role, which was made popular in the wildly successful Divergent series of books. Sales of over five million copies puts the novels into Hunger Games territory, but why are they so popular with teens?
